- Apr 14, 2007
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When did you stop letting you children wear nightwear all day long?
When my kids started walking, I would always change them into play clothes, after breakfast! They would have food on their nightclothes, so they got their face and hands washed, bottoms changed and new fresh clothes, every morning.
When we were growing up, my parents rule was that you didn't not come into the living areas with out "REAL' clothes on. We got up, went to the bathroom, returned to our room to dress, THEN we could come into the living/kitchen rooms of our house.
The reason I ask is because: I keep my grandbaby (18months old). He's been walking, since he was 10months, he's almost potty trained--definitely not a baby any more..
They bring him in his pjs EVERY morning, we have breakfast, I clean him up and dress him in clothes, shoes, socks that I have purchased for him. Well, at the end of week, I send all his pjs (that I wash, dry and fold), back home with him... His mother always waits until I say "I need his clothes' several times before she brings them back. She never returns the socks, shoes/boots, that I have purchased for him--unless I say--"I really need his boots, we are going for a hike tomorrow" or something that tells her EXACTLY what I want. May times she will say, "I don't have them, they aren't clean or I forgot." I even made a large 'shopping' bag for us to transport his clean things back and forth..
Well last week, I said (in a nice voice) 'honey, I really need some outer clothes. I am down to nothing matching, or they are too short..I also need some socks and shoes." and laughed saying "it seems like you end up with all the outer clothes and I end up with all the pjs!".
She was silent for a few minutes and then snapped "well, you really don't have to take his pjs off, on days you aren't going anywhere--HE IS A BABY!"
I was shocked, then I said= "after he eats breakfast , he really needs clean clothes on."He is feeding himself and usually has it all over him, his lap and floor"...
Now at their house --when she is not working, all the kids and she will stay in their pjs ALL day long. That's great if that's what she wants to do! It looks like they don't even brush their hair--on some days.. I have never said anything about this and have defended her 'decisions' when her sibling have mentioned this to me..
She doesn't pay me and has never paid for his (I purchase most of them on sale or at the local second hand store) clothes, footware, jackets, wipes,diapers, pullups or even his food that I use at my house. She offered to bring food/formual, --IF I let her know what I needed for him, in the beginning but since I knew what I needed and was at the groc store I would just get it.
So for this Grammie, can you share your thoughts on wear nightware all day long>> Thanks Dixie
When my kids started walking, I would always change them into play clothes, after breakfast! They would have food on their nightclothes, so they got their face and hands washed, bottoms changed and new fresh clothes, every morning.
When we were growing up, my parents rule was that you didn't not come into the living areas with out "REAL' clothes on. We got up, went to the bathroom, returned to our room to dress, THEN we could come into the living/kitchen rooms of our house.
The reason I ask is because: I keep my grandbaby (18months old). He's been walking, since he was 10months, he's almost potty trained--definitely not a baby any more..
They bring him in his pjs EVERY morning, we have breakfast, I clean him up and dress him in clothes, shoes, socks that I have purchased for him. Well, at the end of week, I send all his pjs (that I wash, dry and fold), back home with him... His mother always waits until I say "I need his clothes' several times before she brings them back. She never returns the socks, shoes/boots, that I have purchased for him--unless I say--"I really need his boots, we are going for a hike tomorrow" or something that tells her EXACTLY what I want. May times she will say, "I don't have them, they aren't clean or I forgot." I even made a large 'shopping' bag for us to transport his clean things back and forth..
Well last week, I said (in a nice voice) 'honey, I really need some outer clothes. I am down to nothing matching, or they are too short..I also need some socks and shoes." and laughed saying "it seems like you end up with all the outer clothes and I end up with all the pjs!".
She was silent for a few minutes and then snapped "well, you really don't have to take his pjs off, on days you aren't going anywhere--HE IS A BABY!"
I was shocked, then I said= "after he eats breakfast , he really needs clean clothes on."He is feeding himself and usually has it all over him, his lap and floor"...
Now at their house --when she is not working, all the kids and she will stay in their pjs ALL day long. That's great if that's what she wants to do! It looks like they don't even brush their hair--on some days.. I have never said anything about this and have defended her 'decisions' when her sibling have mentioned this to me..
She doesn't pay me and has never paid for his (I purchase most of them on sale or at the local second hand store) clothes, footware, jackets, wipes,diapers, pullups or even his food that I use at my house. She offered to bring food/formual, --IF I let her know what I needed for him, in the beginning but since I knew what I needed and was at the groc store I would just get it.
So for this Grammie, can you share your thoughts on wear nightware all day long>> Thanks Dixie